[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 116 (Tuesday, July 18, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H7082]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


             EFFORTS TO SAVE MEDICARE ARE NOT MEAN-SPIRITED

  (Mr. KIM asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KIM. Mr. Speaker, I had a design engineering firm before I joined 
in Congress 2\1/2\ years ago, and at one time I had 150 employees, and 
I am an expert in mathematics. Let me tell the Members, this is the 
flat tax that the political leadership proposed, a 17 percent flat tax. 
This is what is proposed by my colleagues on the other side of the 
aisle. It is a different bracket based upon income.
  Let me plot this. They insist this is a flat tax also. I would like 
to ask the American people, does that seem flat to them? Let me take a 
look at this Medicare. Mr. Speaker, this line is leading into 
bankruptcy within 7 years. The bottom line is what the Republicans are 
proposing, trying to save and preserve the Medicare system from 
bankruptcy. Look at these two lines. This green line is simply trying 
to slow down the rate of increase just a little bit. Still there is an 
increase. Each year we are spending more money. My colleagues call it 
cuts, draconian cuts, mean-spirited cuts. I just do not understand 
this.

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